Competing in two
Winter Olympics, he finished sixth in the team large hill in
1988 and seventh in the individual large hill in
1984. Bauer's best finish at the
FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 18th in the individual normal hill at
Lahti in
1989. He also finished 21st in the
FIS Ski-Flying World Championships 1990 at
Vikersund. Bauer's lone career World Cup victory was at an individual normal hill event in
West Germany in 1987. Since 2005 he has worked as a ski jumping coach for the German national team in Nordic combined skiing. == World Cup ==